Lori M. Carris
Associate Professor, Graduate Student Coordinator
Research Specialty and Interests:
The biology and systematics of plant pathogenic fungi, with emphasis on smut fungi (Tilletia and allied genera). Research on Tilletia species focuses on species complexes infecting cultivated (Triticum, Lolium, Poa, Festuca, etc.) and wild grass hosts (Apera, Bromus, Poa, Vulpia, etc.) using morphological, cytological and molecular methods. Current research focuses on smut fungi associated with grass seed crops, both as pathogens and as contaminants.
Awards/Honors/Memberships:
- 2007 Mentor of the Year, Teaching Faculty, WSU Women & Leadership Forum
- American Association for Advancement of Science
- American Phytopathological Society
- Association for Faculty Women
- British Mycological Society
- Mycological Society of American
- North American Mycological Association
Selected Publications:
Carris, Lori M., Lisa A. Castlebury, Guoming Huang, Steve Alderman, Jiafeng Luo and Xiaodong Bao. 2007. Tilletia vankyi, a new species of reticulate-spored bunt fungus with non-conjugating basidiospores infecting species of Festuca and Lolium. Mycological Research 111: 1386-1398. (see pdf file)
Carris, L.M., Castlebury, L.A. and Goates, B.J. 2006. Nonsystemic bunt fungi-Tilletia indica and T. horrida: A review of history, systematics and biology. Annual Review of Phytopathology 44: (see pdf file)
Castlebury, L. A., L. M. Carris and K. Vánky. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Tilletia and allied genera in order Tilletiales (Ustilaginales; Exobasidiomycetidae) based on nuclear LSU rDNA sequences. Mycologia 97: 888-900. (see pdf file)
T. L. Peever, L. Carpenter-Boggs, L. W. Timmer, L. M. Carris and A. Bhatia. 2005. Phylogenetic and pathogenic investigation of Alternaria spp. causing black rot of citrus. Phytopathology 95: 512-518.
Hoff, J. A, N. B. Klopfenstein, G. I. McDonald, J. R. Tonn, P.J. Zambino, P. F. Hessburg, J. D. Rogers, T. L. Peever and L. M. Carris. 2004. Fungal endophytes in woody roots of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa). Forest Pathology 34: 1-17.
Hoff, J.A., N.B. Klopfenstein, G.I. McDonald, J.R. Tonn, P.J. Zambino, J.D. Rogers, T.L. Peever and L.M. Carris. 2004. Roles of Woody Rot-Associated Fungi in Forest Ecosystem Processes: Recent Advances in Fungal Identification. United States Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service Research Paper RMRS-RP-47, July 2004.
Crous, P.W., A. B. Van Jaarsveld, L. A. Castlebury, L. M. Carris, R. D. Frederick and Z. A. Pretorius. 2001. Karnal bunt of wheat newly reported from the African continent. Plant Disease 85: 561.
Levy, L., L. A. Castlebury, L. M. Carris, R. J. Meyer and G. Pimentel. 2001. Internal transcribed spacer sequence-based phylogeny and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism differentiation of Tilletia walkeri and T. indica. Phytopathology 91: 935-940.
Pimentel, G., L. M. Carris and T. L. Peever. 2000. Characterization of interspecific hybrids between Tilletia controversa and T. bromi. Mycologia 92: 411-420.
Pimentel, G., T. L. Peever and L. M. Carris. 2000. Genetic variation among natural populations of Tilletia controversa and T. bromi. Phytopathology 90: 376-383
Castlebury, L. A. and L. M. Carris. 1999. Tilletia walkeri, a new species on Lolium multiflorum and L. perenne. Mycologia 91: 121-131.
Doan, M. C. and L. M. Carris. 1999. Characterization of Fusarium populations in asparagus fields in the Pacific Northwest. Acta Hort. 479: 219-225.
Carris, L. M. and R. A. Humber. 1998. Neozygites parvispora, an entomophthoralean pathogen of Limothrips sp. associated with Lolium multiflorum in Oregon. Mycologia 90: 565-568.
Pimentel, G., L. M. Carris, L. Levy and R. J. Meyer. 1998. Genetic variability among isolates of Tilletia barclayana, T. indica, and allied species based on RAPD and PCR-RFLP analysis. Mycologia 90: 1017-1027.
Johnson Hall 329 (office) &
328 (lab)
Tel.: (509)335-3733
Fax: (509)335-9581
E-mail: carris@mail.wsu.edu
Teaching:
General Mycology PlP 421/521-offered every fall semester (PLP521 Online)
Advanced Fungal Biology PlP 526 -offered alternate spring semesters
Molds, Mildews and Mushrooms: The Fifth Kingdom PlP150 -offered every spring semester
Other Teaching Activities:
"Hunting Fall Mushrooms," Community Enrichment Program, University of Idaho
Mushroom forays for Palouse Mycological Association.
Professional Activities:
Liaison, WSU Association for Faculty Women (2005-present)
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